125. Verse 16 And Jehovah God commanded the man and said, From every tree in the garden you may indeed eat.

'Eating of every tree' is recognizing and knowing, from perception, what good and truth are; for, as stated already, 'a tree' means perception. Members of the Most Ancient Church possessed the cognitions of true faith by means of revelations, for they talked to the Lord and to angels. They were also taught through visions and dreams, which to them were supremely delightful and blissful. They received perception from the Lord continually; and as a result of that perception, when they thought from things in their memory they instantly perceived whether these were true and good, insomuch that when anything false came up they not only had nothing to do with it but were also horrified. This is also the state of angels. Later on however knowledge of what is true and good took the place of the perception which the Most Ancient Church enjoyed, a knowledge based on what had been previously revealed, and later, on things revealed in the Word.

Title: No Air at All

Topic: Word

Summary: The Bible is the living Word of God because it has a living spirit, a spiritual life, within it. To say that it has no depth of meaning is like saying it is a body with no spirit, no breath at all.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Habakkuk 2:18, 20
Genesis 2:7; 6:17-end
Genesis 7:21-22
1 Kings 17:17
Job 12:7-10; 27:1-6; 32:6-9; 33:1-4; 34:14-15
Psalms 104:29-30; 135:15-18
Isaiah 42:5
Jeremiah 14:14-16
Ezekiel 2:1-2; 3:23-24; 37:1-end
Daniel 10:15-19
Habakkuk 2:18-20
Luke 23:46
John 6:60, 63; 20:22
Acts of the Apostles 17:22, 28
2 Corinthians 3:3
Revelation 11:1-13